Line chalker



. $9M I X Z 5 Aug. 19, 1924.- 1,505,286 J. A. PETERSON LINE CHALKER Filed Jayne 18, 1923 Fatented Aug. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOHN AUGUST PETERSON; or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

LINE CHALKER.

Application filed June 18, 1923. Serial No. 646,281.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN AUGUST PETER- soN, a citizen of Finland, residing at ,Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line Chalkers, of which the following is a. specification- This invention relates to improvements in line chalkers and its object is to provide a simple, practical device of the kind that is inexpensive to manufacture. l/Vith the fore going and other objects in View the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in which Fig. l is a view of the device in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s a perspective view of the device in use.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a flexible strap made of rubber or the like and carrying at one end a metal chalk holder 2 comprising a flat disc formed with a plurality of spaced upturned lugs 3, said holder being secured to the strap 1 by rivets 4 and carrying the chalk 5. The opposite end of the strap 1 has secured thereto the buffer plate 6 and upon its opposite side the finger loop 7. The chalk holder 2 and plate 6 are arranged upon the same side of the strap 1 but at opposite ends thereof.

In use the chalk holder is drawn back and forth over the line 8, as shown in Fig. 3, or the line may be drawn through the holder over the chalk 5, the buffer plate 6 serving as a protection to the strap 1 and preventing wear of the same through use.

The device is readily carried and manipulated by the operator with one hand, his fingers being disposed in the finger loop and the thumb at the chalk-holder-end of the strap upon the side opposite to the chalk holder.

hat is claimed is In a line ohalker, a flexible strap, a chalk holder upon one side and near one end thereof, a buffer plate upon the same side and near the opposite end thereof and a finger loop carried by said strap upon the opposite side thereof. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN AUGUST PETERSON. Witnesses: I

GEORGE A. DErNHAB'r, HAROLD L. BROWN. 

